Classical Coffee Mornings at the Royal Albert Hall

Abby Bowen

The Royal Albert Hall is presenting a series of Sunday Classical Coffee Mornings starting on 26 January 2014 as part of their More at the Hall strand. Taking place in the Hall's Elgar Room, tickets are £11 and include a hot drink and a pastry, with music for an hour 11am. The performers all come from the Royal College of Music and give you a chance to hear some striking young talent. The first recital (26/1) is being given by 17 year old Abby Bowen who performs viola music by Bloch and Rebecca Clarke, which is definitely worth getting out of bed for.Future concerts include a BBC Young Musician finalist, as well as music by Poulenc, Piazzolla, Richard Rodney Bennett, Krommer and Arvo Pärt.

The full list: clarinettist Elaine Ruby in Brahms and Rachmaninoff (2/2), BBC Young Musician of the Year finalist Kausikan Rajeshkumar in piano music by Scarlatti, Chopin and Schumann (9/2), Trio Icendia and Son Quartet in music by Tchaikovsky and Schubert (16/2), the Laefer Quartet perform saxophone quartet works by Poulenc, Mendelssohn, Piazzolla, and RR Bennett (16/3), the RCM Junior Department Wind Octet in Krommer and Mozart (23/3), the Walmsley String Quartet in Haydn, Schumann and Part (30/3), violinist Brigid Coleridge in Bartok and Beethoven (6/4), the Cataley Wind Quintet in music by Rossini and Poulenc (20/4) and Yuki Ito playing Strauss's Cello Sonata in commemoration of the Strauss anniversary (27/4).